[Vulnerability notice] Microsoft Patch Tuesday – September 2017

Last Updated: Mar 12, 2018

On September 12, 2017, Microsoft released the monthly security advisory, disclosing the identified and addressed vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. The security advisory addresses 81 new vulnerabilities, with 27 of them rated critical, 52 rated important, and 2 rated moderate.

Among these vulnerabilities, CVE-2017-8759 is a .NET zero-day vulnerability that affects the .NET framework. This vulnerability allows attackers to obtain sensitive data or the server operation privilege by remotely executing code. It is rated important.

In addition, Microsoft released an update of Adobe Flash Player embedded in Edge and Internet Explorer.

Alibaba Cloud Security recommends that you pay attention to these vulnerabilities and install updates related to your business.

Vulnerabilities rated moderate

How to fix

Alibaba Cloud Security team recommends that you pay attention to these vulnerabilities and install patches suitable for your business to improve server security.

We recommend that you enable Windows Update, click Check for updates, and then download and install patches related to your business. After installing patches, restart the server and check the system running status.

Note: Before installing updates, test the updates and create data backups and snapshots to prevent data loss in case of exceptions during update installation.